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The latest titles from Turnstone Press
- Mike Grandmaison's Prair…
- Dating: a novel
- Drift
- Hang Down Your Head
- Alert to Glory
- Dadolescence
- What the Bear Said
- Portraits of Winnipeg
Mike Grandmaison's Prairie and Beyond
In lush full colour, award-winning photographer Mike Grandmaison’s expert lens captures the vastness of sky and land that define the prairie landscape.
Read moreDating: a novel
Jenkins never dreamed he’d live long enough to be dating again. Hilarious, touching, and a little saucy, Dating proves that life is full of surprises no matter how old you are.
Read moreDrift
South Africa is long way from Canada. In 1899, two prairie boys throw themselves into the conflict of the Second Boer War looking for something their small-town lives cannot provide. With breathtaking grace, Leo Brent Robillard delivers an unstoppable story.
Read moreHang Down Your Head
Join Randy Craig for a roller coaster read with more twists than the Mindbender. Hang on to your hat for Hang Down Your Head. It’s Janice MacDonald at the top of her game. —Suzanne North, author of the Phoebe Fairfax
Read moreAlert to Glory
"Sound the trumpets! Sally Ito’s Alert to Glory is a clarion call … A transformative book both salt and sweet." — Susan McCaslin
Read moreDadolescence
"This witty meditation on manly manliness is a head-butt at academic pretension and the Sword of Damocles that is the PhD thesis. A new novel so good, you’ll actually finish it." - Al Rae, Artistic Director, CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival.
Read moreWhat the Bear Said
What the Bear Said is a marvellous collection of fables. The stories are immediate, the characters, both human and supernatural, crackle with life . . . —W. P. Kinsella
Read morePortraits of Winnipeg
Winnipeg artist and designer, Robert J. Sweeney, captures Winnipeg’s urban landscape in this remarkable collection of sketches, Portraits of Winnipeg: The River City in Pen and Ink.
Read moreMcNally Robinson's Small Work Series showing Mike Grandmaison's Prairie & Beyond
McNally Robinson Booksellers' monthly art series in Prairie Ink Restaurant presents Mike Grandmaison showing Mike Grandmaison's Prairie & Beyond from May 7, 2012 - June 3, 2012.
Still and stunning, wild and challenging, the Canadian Prairie is breathtaking to behold. In lush full colour, award-winning photographer Mike Grandmaison’s expert lens captures the vastness of sky and land with scenes of the elusive Northern Lights, misty fields at dawn, endless horizons, and the immense skies that define the prairie landscape. A place notorious for hardship and subsistence survival, the Prairie yields its beauty to the patient watcher. From birds soaring over wetlands, to wildlife grazing across rolling grasslands, Grandmaison’s trained eye misses nothing to bring the prairie to life in this remarkable volume.
Mike Grandmaison presenting at Pleasantview Community Hall in Edmonton
A special presentation by renowned photographer Mike Grandmaison entitled "Prairie and Beyond" will be held at the Pleasantview Community Hall, 10860 57 Avenue Northwest in Edmonton on Thursday April 19 2012. This presentation start at 8:00 pm and is open to the public. Presented by Turnstone Press and Images Alberta.
CAPIC's Member-in-Focus -- Mike Grandmaison
CAPIC News - March 2012 - Vol. 9, Issue 3
Mike Grandmaison is this issue of CAPIC's Member-in-Focus.The article announces Mike's Western Tour:
Saskatoon Camera Club co-hosts Mike Grandmaison presentation at Cliff Wright Branch, Saskatoon Public Library
Mike Grandmaison will give a presentation on Sunday, April 22 at 2:00 pm at the Cliff Wright Libary Branch of the Saskatoon Public Library. The event is co-hosted by the Saskatoon Camera Club. Mike Grandmaison's Prairie and Beyond is published by Turnstone Press in April 2012.
Mike Grandmaison signing Prairie and Beyond at McNally Robinson Saskatoon
Mike Grandmaison will sign copies of Mike Grandmaison's Prairie and Beyond at McNally Robinson Booksellers, 3130 8th Street East, 8th Street at Circle Drive, Saskatoon, SK on Saturday, April 21 from 12 to 4 p.m.
Mike Grandmaison gives presentation about his latest photography book at Calgary's Central Library
Mike Grandmaison will present a slideshow of his latest collection of photographs from his latest book, Mike Grandmaison's Prairie and Beyond on Tuesday, April 17 at 6:30 p.m. at Calgary's Central Library, 616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary.
Mike Grandmaison signing Prairie and Beyond at TD Square IndigoSpirit in Calgary
Mike Grandmaison will sign copies of Mike Grandmaison's Prairie and Beyond at TD Square IndigoSpirit in Calgary on Tues., April 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Mike Grandmaison signing Prairie and Beyond at Chapters Strathcona on Whyte Avenue, Edmonton
Mike Grandmaison will sign copies of his book Mike Grandmaison's Prairie and Beyond on Wednesday, April 18 from 3 - 5 pm at Chapters Strathcona on Whyte Ave, 10504 82nd Avenue, Edmonton.
Mike Grandmaison signing Prairie and Beyond at Chapters-Southland Hill, Regina
Turnstone Press presents Mike Grandmaison signing his latest book, Mike Grandmaison's Prairie and Beyond. Thursday, April 12 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Chapters-Southland Hill, Regina.
Fresh Perspective: Grandmaison's groundbreaking Prairie tours west
If everyone could see the Canadian Prairies the way Mike Grandmaison does through his viewfinder, the jokes about boring wheat fields and dogs running away for days within sight would stutter to silence, glazed-over eyes would shake into focus and mouths would gape.
Mike Grandmaison's Prairie and Beyond (Turnstone Press) brings a groundbreaking perspective to Canada's notorious flatland in the award-winning Canadian photographer's most intimate collection of photographs to date.